Trump says unfrozen Iran funds to go into US-run escrow account

Iran rejected accepting visit of watchdog to its nuclear sites, rejecting claims made by Vice President JD Vance about the matter on Monday.

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman, Esmail Baghaei, responded “no” when asked at a news briefing on Tuesday whether Iran intended to grant access to any of its war-damaged nuclear sites to inspectors from the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency.

The United States and Iran on June 23 held separate high-level visits to discuss the details of a peace deal, after they agreed in talks in Switzerland to establish working groups on key issues after negotiations.

Frozen Iranian assets worth about $12 billion are expected to be released under the initial accord.